Amazon's tracking data reveals surprising personal assumptions about shoppers

Amazon's tracking data reveals surprising personal assumptions about shoppers

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Amazon collects extensive data on shoppers to personalize product recommendations. A user discovered through the settings menu that Amazon's data includes unexpected personal assumptions, which sparked viral attention on social media. This revelation highlights the depth of data profiling used by the company.

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Originally published by theverge